Why they refer to the generous bowls as ‘snack packs’ is beyond me. We had the snow snack pack ($15.95) with a nice snow crab cluster, three jumbo shrimp, sausage, an egg, and a half pound of the most fantastic butter-garlic potatoes.

The shrimp special ($15.95) is a full pound of shrimp, sausage, egg, an ear of corn, and a half pound of those great potatoes. These flavorful bowls are excellent.

Just the right amount of spice goes into the crab cakes, mounded and cooked in the shell. We had the crab cake dinner ($13.95) with two meaty crab cakes and two sides, potatoes and fresh, crisp coleslaw.

Last but not least was the "1 piece/3 piece combo." This is one fish fillet and three shrimp, all fried in an excellent batter ($11.95), served with potatoes and slaw. I selected mahi-mahi as my fish fillet choice at an upcharge of $2. I don’t usually have mahi fried, but this batter is so light and the fry method is so expertly done that it was a real treat.

The garlic-butter potatoes are so outstanding that no one in our party chose the French fries. Additional sides include garlic rice, seafood rice, mixed vegetables, and corn fritters and these large sides can be purchased at amazingly low prices.

A beverage comes at no cost with the lunch and dinner menu items.

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Th Crab Stop's shrimp special is a pound of shrimp, sausage, egg, an ear of corn, and a half pound of butter-garlic potatoes.(Photo11: MARIBETH RENNE/SPECIAL TO TCPALM)

There are lots of great looking appetizers, salads, soups, and sandwiches (we chuckled at the "Hurt Me Burger"). Seafood lovers have their choice of various combos such as the snow deluxe ($49) with three snow crab clusters, one lobster, twelve jumbo shrimp, a pound of potatoes and two ears of corn.

Crab Stop also has wings with a myriad of great wing sauces.

As a columnist, I see so many restaurants come and go. It is such a pleasure to see a new restaurateur succeed so quickly in one location (Vero Beach) and then grow to add a larger location in a prime spot on the Sebastian riverfront.

It also was heartwarming to see Buckner on site, shaking hands and greeting all his happy customers.

Maribeth Renne dines anonymously at the expense of Treasure Coast Newspapers for #TCPalmSocial. Contact her at maribeth.d.renne@gmail.com or follow @mebpeb on Twitter.